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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2002
Applicants:
Ethel Diane Williamson, Salisbury, GB;
Leslie William James Baillie, Salisbury, GB;
Julie Miller, Salisbury, GB;
Inventors:
Ethel Diane Williamson, Salisbury, GB;
Leslie William James Baillie, Salisbury, GB;
Julie Miller, Salisbury, GB;
Assignee:
The Secretary of State for Defense, Salisbury, Wirthshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/20 (2006.01); A61K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A recombinant microorganism comprises an asporogenicstrain in which a gene encoding a protease enzyme has been downregulated or inactivated. In particular sigma factorspoIIAC is inactivated such that the strain is asporogenic. These strains are particularly useful as expression vehicles for proteins such as protective antigen (PA) of